Ergonomic Toilet Seat

Abstract

A comfortable toilet seat, wherein the seat comprises a top circumferential seating surface having an inner edge, an outer edge, a front, and a back, wherein the seat is substantially symmetrical about a bisecting center line from front to back, the inner edge comprises a downward curve from the seat front towards the seat back, the outer edge comprises a downward curve followed by a lesser upward curve from the back to the front, and a back top seating surface comprises a steep upward curve from front to back.

1 . An ergonomic toilet seat, wherein the seat comprises a top circumferential seating surface having an inner edge, an outer edge, a front, and a back,
 wherein the seat is substantially symmetrical about a bisecting center line from front to back, a back top seating surface comprises a steep upward curve from front to back, and   wherein a slope along the bisecting center line from a back inner edge center point to a highest back point is from about 25 degrees to about 55 degrees.   
     
     
         2 . The ergonomic toilet seat according to  claim 1 , wherein a rise from the back inner edge center point to the highest back point is from about 30 mm to about 105 mm. 
     
     
         3 . The toilet seat according to  claim 1 , wherein a slope from an inner edge point to a corresponding outer edge point decreases from the toilet seat back to the front. 
     
     
         4 . The toilet seat according to  claim 1 , wherein a slope along the bisecting center line from a front inner edge center point to a front outer edge center point is from about 5 degrees to about 21 degrees. 
     
     
         5 . The toilet seat according to  claim 1 , wherein the inner edge comprises a downward curve from the seat front to the seat back. 
     
     
         6 . The toilet seat according to  claim 5 , wherein the inner edge downward curve results in a back inner edge portion being positioned below a toilet bowl top edge upon installation on a toilet. 
     
     
         7 . The toilet seat according to  claim 1 , wherein there is a drop in height from a front inner edge center point to a back inner edge center point of from about 5 mm to about 30 mm. 
     
     
         8 . The toilet seat according to  claim 1 , wherein the outer edge comprises a downward curve followed by a lesser upward curve from the back to the front. 
     
     
         9 . The toilet seat according to  claim 1 , wherein there is a drop in height from a back outer edge high point to an outer edge low point of from about 12 mm to about 40 mm. 
     
     
         10 . The toilet seat according to  claim 1 , wherein there is a rise in height from an outer edge low point to a front outer edge center point of from about 1 mm to about 5 mm. 
     
     
         11 . The toilet seat according to  claim 1 , wherein the inner edge comprises a curved thigh support surface positioned towards the seat front, the curved thigh support surface extending inward towards the bisecting center line. 
     
     
         12 . An ergonomic toilet seat, wherein the seat comprises a top circumferential seating surface having an inner edge, an outer edge, a front, and a back, wherein the seat is substantially symmetrical about a bisecting center line from front to back, the inner edge comprises a downward curve from the seat front towards the seat back, the outer edge comprises a downward curve followed by a lesser upward curve from the back to the front, and a back top seating surface comprises a steep upward curve from front to back. 
     
     
         13 . The toilet seat according to  claim 1 , wherein a sample size of people seated thereon provides
 an average contact area of ≥115 in 2  and an average pressure of 2.0 psi, measured at a pressure threshold of 0 psi,   an average contact area of ≤4.5 in 2  and an average pressure of 7.4 psi, measured at a pressure threshold of 5 psi, and   an average contact area of ≤2.5 in 2  and an average pressure of 8.6 psi, measured at a pressure threshold of 7 psi.   
     
     
         14 . The toilet seat according to  claim 12 , wherein a sample size of people seated thereon provides
 an average contact area of ≥115 in 2  and an average pressure of 2.0 psi, measured at a pressure threshold of 0 psi,   an average contact area of ≤4.5 in 2  and an average pressure of 7.4 psi, measured at a pressure threshold of 5 psi, and   an average contact area of ≤2.5 in 2  and an average pressure of 8.6 psi, measured at a pressure threshold of 7 psi.   
     
     
         15 . The toilet seat according to  claim 1 , comprising a set of lateral stabilization pads. 
     
     
         16 . The toilet seat according to  claim 12 , comprising a set of lateral stabilization pads. 
     
     
         17 . A modular toilet seat assembly, the assembly comprising a toilet seat according to  claim 1 , and a toilet seat cover having an outer edge configured to correspond to and rest on the outer edge of the toilet seat in a closed position. 
     
     
         18 . A modular toilet seat assembly, the assembly comprising a toilet seat according to  claim 1 , and a set of lateral stabilization pads. 
     
     
         19 . A modular toilet seat assembly, the assembly comprising a toilet seat according to  claim 12 , and a toilet seat cover having an outer edge configured to correspond to and rest on the outer edge of the toilet seat in a closed position. 
     
     
         20 . A modular toilet seat assembly, the assembly comprising a toilet seat according to  claim 12 , and a set of lateral stabilization pads.